Author: Yvonne Hawkins, Executive Director of Governance, Legal Services, Risk and Resilience
UEB gave their very best wishes to colleagues who have been unwell following the Vice-Chancellor’s awards event held at St Mary’s Stadium. We are supporting these colleagues and working with several organisations, including the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), to gather more information. The HSA are now in direct contact with some of our staff and are working with others including the venue and their catering company as part of their investigation.
UEB noted the Government had launched the UK’s Industrial Strategy earlier in the week and introduced the Employment Rights Bill. An analysis of how these might impact the University and our staff is underway, with a full analysis of each to be considered at future UEB meetings.
UEB reviewed and endorsed the questions for the annual staff engagement survey, which will be conducted in early November. With one addition, all other questions will remain the same to enable benchmarking and trend analysis. The new question, over time, will allow us to assess the impact of introducing workload principles.